Minor League Blogs

Just about everyone was a hitting star in the River Cats 10-3 win over Fresno but Kevin Melillo had an exceptionally good day at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Daric Barton also had a great game and he went two for three with a homerun, two RBIs [...]

Kevin Melillo hit a walk off two run homer in the bottom of the twelth inning in the River Cats 6-5 win over Round Rock.  Melillo had a nice overall day at the plate and he went three for six with a double, the homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Jason Perry helped out with [...]

Shane Komine had a nice start go to waste in the River Cats 3-2 loss to Round Rock.  He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with eight strikeouts, but because of the lack of offense, he dropped to 2-7 on the season.
Kevin Melillo went two for three with a walk.  Nicholas [...]

Jason Perry singled home Dee Brown in the eighth inning to tie the game and then Nick Blasi scored on Kevin Mellilo’s RBI single in the ninth to win it 5-4.  Jeremy Brown finished the game one for one with a double, two RBIs and two walks.
Santiago Casilla got just one batter one but it [...]

Shane Komine improved to 2-5 on the season with a nice start in the River Cats 3-1 win over Salt Lake.  He gave up one run on six hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Kevin Melillo hit a solo homerun in the win.  It was his sixth homerun of the [...]

Jason Windsor had a tough start in the River Cats 7-2 loss to Salt Lake.  He gave up seven runs on ten hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings.
Daric Barton went two for four with a solo homerun in the loss.  Kevin Melillo went two for four with a double and a [...]

The River Cats scored three late runs to come behind in their 5-4 win over Colorado Springs.  Kevin Melillo had another big game and he went two for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  He’s now driven in 28 and scored 30 in just 38 games.  Jason Perry also went yard and [...]

Shane Komine was hit hard and he dropped to 1-4 on the season with a tough start against the Cubs.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in three innings.  Shawn Kohn was also hit hard and he gave up six runs in just two innings.
Jason Perry had [...]

Kevin Melillo had a huge day at the plate in the River Cats 10-0 win over Salt Lake.  He went three for five with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and three runs.  Daric Barton drove in three runs and Charles Thomas went two for four with a double and two runs.
Colby Lewis improved to [...]

Kevin Melilo had a nice day at the plate in the River Cats 7-5 loss.  He went three for five with two doubles, three RBIs and a run.  Charles Thomas went one for three with a walk and two runs.
Shane Komine was hit hard in his start and he took the loss. He gave up [...]

The River Cats needed ten innings but they topped Las Vegas 4-3.  Colby Lewis had a really nice start and he gave up three runs on three hits and a walk with twelve strikeouts in six innings.  Connor Robertson picked up the win with a shutout tenth inning.
Kurt Suzuki and J.J. Furmaniak each hit solo [...]

Antonio Perez hit a solo homerun in the tenth inning to push the River Cats to a 6-5 win over Portland.  He finished the game with two hits, two runs and two RBIs.  Kevin Melilo (two hits and three walks) and Daric Barton (three hits and two walks) each reached base five times.
Dallas Braden threw [...]

Shane Komine took it on the chin in the River Cats 6-5 loss.  He fell to 1-2 and he gave up five runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings of work.
Daric Barton drove in two runs in the loss.  Kevin Melilo tripled, walked and scored twice.

Brad Halsey struck out eight in 5 2/3 shutout innings in the River Cats 6-2 win.  He gave up just four hits and two walks.
Kevin Melillo went three for three with a double, an RBI and three runs.  Jeremy Brown hit a two run homerun to help out as well.

One run on five hits won’t normally cut it and the River Cats dropped their series opener to Portland in a 5-1 loss.  The lone run was an RBI double by Kevin Melilo that scored Donnie Murphy.
Kevin Olsen had a mediocre start and he took the loss.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on [...]

The River Cats came back from two down to take a three run lead only to see that get blown in the ninth.  Fortunately, Kevin Melillo drew a walk off RBI bases loaded walk to end the game before it went into extra frames.
Melillo had a huge day at the plate.  He went two for [...]